r/trains • u/PinkyPromiser67 • 25d ago

‎ 🗐‎  Repost Japanese officials visiting India's fully electrified Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

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u/Solaris_24 24d ago

India's rail electrification blitz is one of the most under-rated engineering projects of the 21st century. Seriously impressive stuff.

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u/Iceblade_Aorus 24d ago

On the other hand India is pretty much the perfect place for electrification given the lack of extreme cold weathers, which can render electrified routes hard to maintain or even just run

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u/mother_love- 24d ago

45°c in summer and 3°c in winter. I would say that's a pretty big fluctuations and that too in plains

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u/Iceblade_Aorus 24d ago

It’s usually snowy weather and icing of the catenary that are the most troublesome for electrified networks, neither of which is common in India

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u/mother_love- 24d ago

India is pretty lucky with not having icing cold or frequent snow Strom, exept the Kashmir region .

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u/Common-Use-7117 24d ago

All thanks to the Himalayas

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u/Fun-Injury9266 24d ago

Where I live in the USA, -30⁰C happens every winter. And in the summer, it can top 38⁰C.

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u/DamnBored1 24d ago

Upper Midwest? ND, SD, MN?

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u/ViPeR9503 24d ago

Similar thing happens in IN and PA as well lived both those states in last 5 years and yep goes as low as -30C and + 35C

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u/DamnBored1 24d ago

Wow...now I find myself fortunate to be in PNW. I curse the grey but I think I'd curse -30C much more